{Wild Bill Hickok} {Billy the Kid}
{John Wesley Hardin} {Jesse James}
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{Wild Bill Hickok} {Billy the Kid}
{John Wesley Hardin} {Jesse James}
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John Holliday was a gambler, a gunfighter, a womanizer,
and a very heavy drinker. Here's what his own best friend says about his
drinking. "It takes Doc a pint of
whiskey just to wake up in the morning"-Wyatt
Earp 
Doc spent most of the rest of his life drinking; gambling,
killing and ignoring hid doctor’s orders to stay away from the booze, cigars,
and his fast life style. He finally went to Glenwood Springs Colorado to try
sniffing sulphur to ease his ailment. By this time he was too far gone. He
spent the last 57 days of his life in bed, fourteen of which in a delirium. On
Nov. 8th 1887 he awoke, and asked for a glass of whiskey. No sooner did he
finish his drink than he looked down at his feet and said "This is
funny", he then died. Out of all the times Doc had faced death, and the
lawless lifestyle he had lead, he figured to die by a lynch mob, a bullet or
even a rope. He never figured he'd die peacefully in bed and with his
"boots off".